Lord Ripon introduced the First Factory Act of 1881 to 1 Improve the service condition of the factor...........

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Lord Ripon introduced the (First) Factory Act of 1881 to

1. Improve the service condition of the factory workers in India.

2. Categorize organized and unorganized industries in India.

3. Push duty free mercantile exports from Small manufacturing units.

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Explanation:

The Act banned the appointment of children below the age of seven in factories. It reduced the working hours for children.It made compulsory for all dangerous machines in the factories to be properly fenced to ensure security to the workers.Following this act, a Factory Commission was appointed in 1885.There was another Factories Act in 1891, and a Royal Commission on Labor was appointed in 1892.
The result of these enactments was the limitation on the factory working hours. This was an answer of the Government to the pathetic conditions of the workers in the factory, wherein, only when a laborer exhausted, new laborer was to take his / her place.